2010-08-06 | 
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Have you scatched or cracked your camers’s LCD? If so you need this Band new replacement LCD which has been manufactured from the highest quality components.
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2010-07-20 | 0 Comments
Top Digital Camera Repair Problem – Broken LCD Screen
We live in a throw-away society, it’s a simple fact. You buy that brand new fancy digital camera with all the bells and whistles for 0, and in 6 months to 1 year it’s worth maybe half that, and then the unthinkable happens: you drop it and it breaks. The LCD is cracked, or the lens is jammed; what do you do? You head back to the store with your poor little camera and the guy behind the counter (that knows nothing about cameras except for what’s written on the box, and even less about camera repair) tells you it’s not worth it to fix it and you should toss it in the trash. You feel ripped off and mad at the camera manufacturer and you toss it out and buy a new one made by somebody else.
There are alternatives available! You don’t have to toss out that camera, you can repair it yourself, send it in for repair, or sell it for parts to somebody else online.
If you want to repair it or get it repaired, I have some advice for you about what I believe is the #1 digital camera repair problem: broken LCD screens.
It was hard for me to choose between broken LCD screens and broken lenses, but I stuck with LCD for #1 because it’s so easy to break your LCD that you don’t even have to touch the camera to do it!
The LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is the view screen on the back of the camera that lets you see menus, playback pictures etc. The LCD is very thin, very fragile, and on many many cameras completely UNPROTECTED! Look at the back of your camera, is the screen recessed slightly or is the back of the camera flat and smooth? If it’s flat you have a protective ‘window’ or ‘glass’ over the LCD to help prevent damage and breakage. If it’s not flat, you have nothing protecting your LCD and should put a good quality LCD screen protector on the camera and NOT those thin, flimsy ‘saran wrap’ plastic film screen protectors, they are worthless.
- Don’t leave your camera in your car in summer or winter. Extreme heat can cause expansion of the liquid in the LCD and cause it to ‘crack’, and on the other side of things extreme cold can cause it to freeze
- Don’t put anything up against the LCD in your camera bag, it will bang against the LCD and crack it (yes, even if it has a window over it, it will break!)
- Don’t put your camera in your back pocket and then sit down!
- Don’t put your camera in your front pocket and then roll over on it.
- … Just don’t put your camera in your pants pocket please. =)
Ok, so it’s broken, what do you do now?
- The manufacturer will just site impact damage and will refuse the repair even if the camera wasn’t dropped etc. You can try, and I wish you luck, but they probably won’t fix it.
- Look for a defective camera on e***y (hey they don’t pay me to advertise for them…) and make one good camera from the two if you are handy.
- Look for an actual camera repair business and not somebody that will send it to the manufacturer and tell you it’s 0 and 4-6 weeks to repair. (IF they tell you this, they are NOT repairing your camera for you, they are sending it to the manufacturer, guaranteed)
Many LCD screens are very easy to install and you can do it yourself and all you need is a small screwdriver. Other LCD’s are very difficult to install, and even professionals don’t like to do them! I can’t tell you Brand …. is the best and Brand … is the worst, it’s really not like that. Certain SERIES of cameras have 1 or 2 models that are difficult to work on, yet the rest of them are fairly straight forward. You need to decide for yourself if you want to open your camera and try the repair yourself or not.
How is an LCD replaced?
With most Canon digital camera LCD screens for example (using them as the example because they have the largest market share) all you do is disconnect the ribbon cable for the LCD and the backlight (the light that shines through the LCD and allows you to see what is on the screen) and then install the new LCD. Some come with the backlight attached, some do not. Some backlights need to be soldered to the mainboard of the camera, some do not.
- Be careful to not touch the flash capacitor contacts! You WILL zap yourself if you do, and it will HURT a bit. You will probably throw your camera across the room when it happens. (Yeah, I’ve done it, I’ve been repairing cameras for 5 years now so….) We have ‘flash capacitor dischargers’ and use them every time we open a camera.
I hope this helps you get your digital camera repaired and saves you time and money in the process!
I own a digital camera repair and parts business in the St. Paul MN area: http://www.darntoothysam.com
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Question by baby_face_paris: Is it worth putting a digital camera in for repair?
My Kodak Easyshare is 3 years old and the lens won’t retract and the power won’t stay on. I have pictures on the internal memory so i’d like to get it working again but suspect the cost would mean it would be better to buy a new camera.
Thanks for answers so far…that’s what I thought. Not economically viable.
The power won’t stay on long enough to transfer from internal memory.
Best answer:
Answer by 687SPV
No, smash it and claim off your insurance.
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2010-07-07 | 0 Comments
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2010-07-06 | 14 Comments
Final stages of reassembly and testing. Yay, it works! Part 4 of 4.
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The sensor of my Fuji Film Z33 Waterproof was broken. Now it takes strange but nice pictures. I think they are similar to lomo pictures. There are no effects added to the pictures nor to the the videos. The warranty is still valid, do you think I should repair it?
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* This should fix your dim or broken camera LCD problem. * Packet Included: LCD display + Free Tools * Shipping: All the item will be send out within two working days. * If you need any Disassembly Repair Instruction, just send me email after you buy it. But not all the model has the instruction.
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2010-06-17 | 1 Comment
Question by david c: Anyone help vivitar digital camera repair glasgow?
Its a hit or a miss when changing batteries
Best answer:
Answer by stan l
I’m not quite sure what you’re asking. The batteries don’t fit right? You’re putting them in wrong? Are you using some kind of cheap crap batteries?
Digital cameras do NOT like crappy batteries. I am not familiar with the brands of batteries available in Scotland but you should try top of the line alkaline batteries at the very least. Don’t use no-name discount garbage in a digital camera.
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2010-06-15 | 2 Comments
Question by dan: Where can i find a digital camera repair shop or any legit websites any help i will be greatfull?
the camera is a kodak easy share v530 and the 2″LCD screen is cracked down the middle
Best answer:
Answer by Bomber1961
it wont be worth repairing but try Jessops
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2008-06-18 | 10 Comments
Now that you’ve taken the camera apart, putting it back together is a learning experience. Let ME make the mistakes so you can avoid them! Believe it or not, at the end of the series, it works.
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